Box for soap, polish, pomade, &amp;c.



H. C. SIMONS. BOX FOR sou, POLISH, POMADE, aw. APPLICATION IILBD {UNI} 3,1908.

903,332. Patented Nov. 10, 1908 UNITED sracgr.s r a ranr OFFICE.

HARRY o..siMoNs, or PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

BOX FOR SOAP, POLISH, POMADE,'&0.

No.l903,33 2.

Application filed June To all.whom it may concern:.

Beit known that I, HA mY C. SIMoNs, a citizenof the'United States, residin cityurnd county of Philadelphia, ttate of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Box for Soap, Polish, lomade, &c., of which the'following is a s BClfiCEtlilOlL.

My invention consists 0P9. box adapted to contain soap, polish, etc. in stick or block form, a follower to advance said material to present the same at or beyond the mouth of the box, and means on the side wall of the boxinte'gral with the same for locking said follower-in the position it assumes astthe soai'p, etc. is advanced.

"or the purpbse of explaining the invention, a satisfactory reduction of the same to practice, but the important instrumentalities thereof may be varied, and so it is to be understood that the invention is not limited. to the specific arran einent and organization shown and descri 'ed. 1

Figure 1 represents a top or plan view of a box embodying my invention. Fig. 2 represents a longitudinal section thereof. Fig.

'while its displacen'ient 3 represents a perspective view of a portion thereof on an enlarged scale. F 4 represents a longitudinal section of a portion on an enlarged scale.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the figures.

Referring to the drawing :-A designates a box of tubular or cylindrical form, the same being open at to and bottom, it having on its lower end the inturned flange B, on which is normally seated the follower C, which latter consists of a. disk or plate of sheet metal or other liable material, the diameter of which is slightly less than that of the interior of said box, so that the follower may move therein from end to end,

from below is prevented by the flange B, it being noticed that the underside of the follower is accessible through the open bottom of the box within the flange B, so that it may be pressed by the thumb or finger and. so moved towards a the mouth of the box.

The side wall. of the box is struck-up in longitudinal direction at intervals forming rows of crimps or corrugations D of the order of a rack, the members of each rack the interior of the box and the exterior of the same, so that on the interior of the box the outwardly- Specification of Letters Patent.

3, 1908. Serial No. 486, 42.

in the the accompanying drawing illustrates latented Nov, 10, 1908.

projecting portions of said racks are between ad acent inwardly-projecting portions 1 thereof and form grooves or recesses G in which the periphery of the follower is seated, whilev said portions F act as shoulders,-which prevent improper displacement of the follower from said grooves.

The oieration is as follows A stick or block 0 soap, etc. is placed in the box, resting on the follower, the top of the stick or block bei'n accessible for use at the mouth of the ox. As the material wears away, the follower is pressed or pushed upwardly, whereby the stick or block presents a fresh surface or portion at the mouth of the box. The follower rides over the racks, and as both follower and members of the racks are somewhat pliable, the follower yields sufiiciently and then springs into the recess it reaches when the stick or block has advanced to the rec nired extent,.when as is evident it is locked by the walls of the members of the racks above and below said recess, and so retains its place,- firmly sustaining the stick or block in the box and preventing inward or downward motion of the stick or block.

When may be pushed down or into the box to its normal position on the flange B, it riding past the racks and clearing the same, and so reaching said flange, when a fresh stick or block of material'nmy be introduced into the box and render service and be moved or shifted as previously stated.

The racks, being integral with the side wall of the box, preserve the integrity of said wall, they being without openings as such, being unbroken continuities offsaid wall, whereby the material in the box is prevented from oozing out or escaping through said wall at the places of occupation of the racks.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

' 1; In a box of the character stated, a bod and a movable follower'therein, said bo v having racks on its side. wall integral with the same, the alternate members of said racks pro]eeting into said body said follower conforming to-the cross sectional shape of the body and of greater diameter than the inwardly extending projecting portions of the racks.

2. In a box of the charac said he y the box is empty, the follower 2 v eodase having racks on the side wall thereof insaid body on theinterior thereof with which tegral' with the same and their -members the per1phery-of said follower may suc- 15- composedof unbroken continuitie of said cessively interlock, said follower conformwall in inward and outward direr ions said ing to the cross sectional shape of" the body 6 follower conforming to the cross sectional and of greater diameter than the inwardly shape of the body and of greater diameter extending projecting portions of the'racks, than the inwardly extending projeetingporand said racks being integral with said 'wall 20 tions of the racks. and havin their members unbroken con-v 3. A box of the character stated composed tinuities o the latter.

10 of a body open at both ends, an inturned HARRY G. SIMON S.

' flange on the lower end, a movable follower Witnesses;

in the body adapted to be seated normally on J OHN'A. WIEDERSHEIM, said flange, and racks on the side wall of 'HARRY O. DALTON. 

